Street-cleaning pan.



w. H. ROLFE apcgH. BAKER.

' STREET GLBANING PAN.

I KII'PVIIIUATION FILED JAN. 15, 1910. 981,883. Patented Jan. 17,-1911.. y

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"WILLIAM ROLFE AND CHARLES HENDERSDN BA1/CER,` DF WABASH, INDIANA.

STREET-CLEANING PAN.

To all whom it may concern:

lle it lniovvn that We, WILLIAM H. Roman and C. ll. Banen, citizens of the United titatesfresiding at Wabash, in the county ot lllabash and State of Indiana, hav'i invented certain nevv and useful I1nprt inents .in tfltreet-Cleaning Pans; and 1we do declare the following to be a. full, clear, and exact description ot the invention, such as vwill enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to inalre and use the saine, reference being had to the accompanyiup,` drawings, and to the letters and ligures fence niarlted thereon, which :torni a of ret part o t us specification.

rlliis invention. relates to a street cleaning pan and has lor its object to provide a pan to be used on streets, roadways and the like which is so constructed and arranged that it can be ue d on all parts ot the street and can he e iliiyed close up to curbs or obstructions in suchinanner as to leave no space between the curbing or obstruction and the inouth oit the pan.

llllith. tl object in vievv this invention cruisists in the novel construction ol' the axle upon which. the pan rests, and in the novel ranistriuirtion ot the pan, and in certain coinbi '2 tions l? parts, all oil. which will be .tiret tally ed and att uivard specifically puin |t in the p v.,...d claims.

tte i. to the aoconipanying;l drawing:

Figure l. is a persliiective vien7 oit the pan. FigD i 2 is an elevation oit the axle. Fig. 3 is a side elevation showing one Wheel reinoved, and Fig. dl is a top plan view.

Like nun'ierals ot rei-ference indicate the saine parts throughout the several ligurcs in which,I y

1 indicates the device which col'nprises the pan E2, Wheels l, axle land handle 5.

lhe pan Q as shown is composed ot the bottoni t5, sloping' les 7 and back 8. As will appear troni l l the niouth l) of the pan is flared outwardly troni. the point 10 to the edge 1,1 of the mouth, and it Will also be seenthat a reinforcing strip 12 is arrane .d at the end ot the month 9, said strip 12 having` its ends 1 turned up over the sides i' of lthe pan and is securely riveted or otherwise fastened thereto. In order to increase the lite of the pan as Well as to add strength and rilgidity thereto We prefer to consti-uct the strip 12 of steel sufficiently tempered. to withstand the abrasive action to which the inouth of the pan is subjected.

specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 15, 1910.

Patented Jan. 17, 1911.

Serial No. 538,327.

, The axle et is of peculiar torni' as Will appear from Fig. 2 and is so constructed as to t'orin a cradle for the pan. rlhe central portion 1d. oi' the 4t is of a length sutlicient to support the bottoni of the pan, and at each side ol? the pan said axle is bent upwardly at 15 snugly hupoging` the side of the pan as shown. The sides and bottoni of the pan are securely riveted or otherwise fastened to the central portion 14 and the vertical portions let of the axle as shown in such inanner that a strong tlrin and rigid construction is ettected.

At the upper edge of both sides of the pan the axl-e is bent inwardly to the point 16 substantially parallel to the central portion 111 of the axle7 both end portions 17 of the axle are then bent outwardly substantially parallel to the central portion 141- as clearly shown in Fig. 2.

18 indicates the struts or braces which are secured to the handle 5 at one end and diverge to the sides of the pan to which sides the struts 18 are securely riveted or other- Wise fastened along the upper edges of said sides, the ends ot said struts or braces being bent downwardly in an oblique direction for the purpose oit' stitliening and bracing the said sides. ils will appear troni the drawings each strut or brace 18 ie carried around the upright portions oit the axle thus torni ing a strap it'or said axle to further tie the saine rigidly to the pan.

For the purposes ot convenience ive have arranged a broom rack 20 transversely of the handle 5 and struts 18 upon which a brooin can be carried.

Having thus fully described our inven tion its operation is as follows: rlhe device is pushed over a street or roadway in the usual manner, but the principal advantages of our pan are obtained when operating the saine in close proximity to a curbing or other obstruction as Will be now apparent. By reason of the construction ot the axle t the inner portions of the hubs ot the Wheels 21 extend over the sides of the panin such manner that the Wheels proper lie in close proximity to the sides of the pan as clearly shown, and as the mouth of the pan is flared to such an extent that it is slightly Wider than the vvheel gage the pan can be operated close up to and in contact With a curbing or other obstruction without strik ing,- the Wheels or leaving any space between the mouth ot the pan and the curbing or the States is g like. The advantages of this construction are at once appar'ent as by means of this every portion of a street or roadway is reached in order to thoroughly and quickly clean the same.

The extreme strength and simplicity of the device are also obvious, while the reduced cost of manufacture and the minimum number of parts are also material features.

Having thus fully described our invention what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United l. A device of the character described comprising a pan having a flaring mouth, an axle upon which the bottom of said pan rests, the said axle being bent upwardly to conform to the sides and depth of the pan, the said axle being bent inwardly over the sides of the pan and then outwardly, wheels on said axle, the hub of said wheels extending over the sides of the pan in such manner that the distance between the two wheels is less than the width ofthe mout-h of the pan.

2. A device of the character described comprising a pan having a flaring mouth, an axle upon which the bottom of said pan rests, the said axle being bent upwardly .to conform to the sides and depth of the pan,

the said axle being .bent inwardly over the sides of the pan and then outwardly, wheels on said axle, the hub of said wheels extending over the sides of the pan.

3. A device of the character described comprising a pan having a flaring mouth, a combined cradle and axle supporting said pan, said axle being provided near each end.'

thereof with a loop extending inwardly over the edge of the pan, wheels on said axle, the inner poration of .the `hub of said w-heels being accommmodated in said loops, substantially as described.

4. A device of the character described comprising a pan, a combined cradle and axle support-ing said pan, said axle being provided near .each cend thereof with a loop extending inwardly over the edge of the pan, wheels on said axle, the inner portion of the hub of said wheels being accommodated in said loops, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, we aflix our signatures, in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM HENRY ROLFE. CHARLES 'HENDERSON BAKER. Witnesses:

Josnrrr WV. MURPHY,

BERNICE Sroors. 

